# I need pass one kibana nginx header name(testHeader1) to elasticsearch proxy. Now i use requestHeadersWhitelist which including "testHeader1" ,but it does not word

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-pass-one-kibana-nginx-header-name-testheader1-to-elasticsearch-proxy-now-i-use-requestheaderswhitelist-which-including-testheader1-but-it-does-not-word/272374
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [May 7, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-pass-one-kibana-nginx-header-name-testheader1-to-elasticsearch-proxy-now-i-use-requestheaderswhitelist-which-including-testheader1-but-it-does-not-word/272374 "2021-05-07T07:04:49Z")
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### Author: ![linger000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/linger000/32/88374_2.png) [@linger000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/linger000)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-pass-one-kibana-nginx-header-name-testheader1-to-elasticsearch-proxy-now-i-use-requestheaderswhitelist-which-including-testheader1-but-it-does-not-word/272374/1 "2021-05-07T07:04:49Z")

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i need pass one kibana nginx header name(testHeader1) to elasticsearch proxy.

Now i use requestHeadersWhitelist which including "testHeader1" ,but it does not word.

kibana version:6.8.0

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### Author: ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-pass-one-kibana-nginx-header-name-testheader1-to-elasticsearch-proxy-now-i-use-requestheaderswhitelist-which-including-testheader1-but-it-does-not-word/272374/2 "2021-05-10T12:07:27Z")

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can you explain more your setup? just to make sure we understand it right.  
You have a kibana instance on a machine and an Elastic instance on another one with a proxy in front. And you want Kibana's requests to Elasticsearch to contain an extra header for that proxy?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-pass-one-kibana-nginx-header-name-testheader1-to-elasticsearch-proxy-now-i-use-requestheaderswhitelist-which-including-testheader1-but-it-does-not-word/272374/3 "2021-06-07T12:07:49Z")

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